Any tipps for survival and priorities in the writing phase of a PhD? I have to write a monograph, finished data collection and now go into in-depth analysis/ writing the thing. I have a bit more than 1,5 years of funding left and am trying to sort planning/ priorities out.
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@AnjaKlein from a different perspective, plenty of drinking, exercises, stay healthy; build reliable peer reading, discussion bubble.)
Having finished my cumulative PhD just recently (in computer science), the most important thing I learned was, to not give up. And although it sometimes felt differently, a thesis is not everything nor the most important part of life. This helped me to relax (and in some occasions, this had to be brought to me by colleagues because I was not able to see it)
@AnjaKlein @anthropology @sts Brown bag it.
That is, treat it like a job, one that you set healthy boundaries with and leave on the desk at the end of a normal work day.
Your job is the production of new knowledge and sharing that back with humanity. Easy enough.
But it's not "school", or anything similar. Let your friends and loved ones know, and don't let them call it that.
And because you've set healthy boundaries, take care of yourself as well: good food, sleep, exercise.
And write.